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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 67.1934

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020

The governing body of the county, when presented with a petition, signed by at least twenty percent of the registered voters in the county that voted in the last gubernatorial election, calling for an election to repeal the tax shall submit the question to the voters using the same procedure by which the imposition of the tax was voted. The ballot of submission shall be in substantially the following form:

Shall ______ County, Missouri, repeal the ______ percent economic development sales tax for affecting ______ (water quality, infrastructure, and tourism programs) (water quality and infrastructure programs) (water quality and tourism programs) (infrastructure and tourism programs) (water quality programs) (infrastructure programs) (tourism programs) (insert one) now in effect in the county?
?YES ?NO
If you are in favor of the question, place an “X” in the box opposite “YES”. If you are opposed to the question, place an “X” in the box opposite “NO”.

If a majority of the votes cast on the proposal by the qualified voters of the county voting thereon are in favor of repeal, that repeal shall become effective December thirty-first of the calendar year in which such repeal was approved or after the repayment of the county’s indebtedness incurred pursuant to sections 67.1922 to 67.1940, whichever occurs later.